One of my favorite horror novels is From Below by Darcy Coates. It has a dual timeline following a modern documentary crew diving to a sunken ship while also following the ship in the days before it sank. Perfect vibes for fans of Ghost Ship!
I read Last House on Needless Street a couple years ago, I think possibly even on your recommendation, and it was one of my favorite books of the year. Nothing like I expected in the absolute best way possible.
Speaking of Adam Neville, I’m currently reading his latest, All the Fiends of Hell. It’s an alien first contact/invasion story, and his imagery here is truly nightmarish… I actually did have a nightmare reading the first chapter before bed!
I love Catriona Ward’s debut novel from 2015, The Girl From Rawblood. Severely underrated in my opinion. It’s BEAUTIFULLY written and it feels very classically gothic, but also mind bending in the way that C. Ward’s work is becoming known for. I’m so surprised it isn’t talked about more!! Definitely a good horror book for fall
The House on Needless Street is my book club's pick for October, and I'm so excited to read it. My number 1 recommendation for this time of year is definitely The September House by Carissa Orlando.
Honestly the scariest part of Ritual for me was the final guy telling his friend "Jesus, you really stink" and then he turns around and his friend is no longer there, with the implication being that the monster had taken him without him knowing and was behind the final guy for who knows how long
Yay! I’m so glad you did a spooky book rec vid. Firstly, you look stunning! I am just finishing Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes and I am loving it, and I know you like scary space vibes. I also second whomever recommended Slewfoot, it is perfection. Would love to see more book content from you in the future!!
I forgot how much I missed getting lost in a good book, and your suggestions really sparked that excitement again. Can't wait to see what else is out there! 📚😊
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James It is a classic horror novella about a haunted house. I consider myself to be very jaded when it comes to horror films and books, but this story grabbed me! If you are familiar with films such as Insidious and The Conjuring, it seems like James Wan literally copy and pasted moments from The Turn of the Screw right into his films. This novella is SO good. If you like horror, it is a must read.
Read "Brother" by Ania Ahlborn!!!! It's so horrifying and suspensful. Also, I read "Penpal" and "The Last House on Needless Street" because of you and thank you so much!!! I loved them both so much and have gifted them to others!!!
So crazy. I remember listening to the Pen Pals creepy pasta as they came out. Around 2011 in high school. I had no idea they were put into a complete collection! I always thought they were better written then the other creepy pastas of the time.
Would like to add Legion by William Peter Blatty, this is technically the true sequal after The Exocist and what Exocist 3 is mostly based on. The conversations are so philosophical and makes you want to keep reading and i love the when the doctors get deep into the mental disorders of the patients
Exorcist 3 is my favorite exorcist movie after the first exorcist, it really has some of the most terrifying scenes of any diabolical horror movie, without relying on gore, the scene with the headless statue with those giant surgical scissors, the way that scene built up was masterful
I’ve read the original Ring book by Koji Suzuki and I actually really like it! Your videos got me into The Ring franchise and now it’s also one of my favourite movies of all time!
Scream Queen! I got this book around 2003 as well and re-read it as a teen so many times. I have NEVER heard or seen anyone else mention it! House on Haunted Hill is one of my favorite horror movies (the deprivation chamber scene? Come on!) so maybe it's all just up my alley. Thanks for the book content, it's so appreciated!
I know you said your book content doesn't do so well so I'm just here to say I love the book content and I'm a big horror reader and love your videos 🖤🖤
If you haven’t read any of Adam Nevill’s short story collections yet, please _please_ check them out! Especially _Some Will Not Sleep._ I feel like they are sooo slept on but I cannot recommend them enough.
If you want to be deeply disturbed by the depravity of the human creature I recommend Naomi’s Room. Definitely not for the faint of heart- but hard to put down
So many great books here. Needless Street is definitely my favorite. I loved having a cat as a POV protagonist and the insane amount of twists. So good!
If you're open to audiobooks, the audio version of Head Full of Ghosts is amazing and somehow the narrator manages to make it so atmospheric (and almost melancholic?) just by the way she reads it. I also recently finished the audiobook for Episode 13 which was brought to life with a full cast, music, and SFX - the actual story as a whole wasn't my favourite but it was SUCH a fun/spooky listening experience!
I loved The Witch of Halloween House book 1 and 2. Great Fall/Halloween atmosphere. Also Halloween Fiend is a good short read. 🎃🎃🎃 Your background looks so great!!
Come Closer was CRAZYYYYYYY and I loved it!!! Penpal got under my skin every time i would put the book down. Great recs, I’ll have to check the others out!
Reality TV horror books: Stranded by Sarah Goodwin, which has a big wilderness survival angle as well, and One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware! Both are arguably more thriller / no supernatural elements but still scary and fun.
I’m so pleasantly surprised to see Penpal on this list. I still have my first edition copy that I preordered back when it was first being put in book form and I reread it every few years
So jazzed to see The Woman In Black and The Haunting of Hill House on this list, I have re-read those so many times! So...not necessarily with the fall atmosphere, but earlier this year I read Josh Malerman's Incidents Around The House and I cannot even remember when I book freaked me out that badly! Also, a more recent read was Marcus Kliewer's We Used to Live Here, which was equally, though differently, freaky, it sort of captured the skin-crawling dread of falling down a Reddit /nosleep rabbit hole at 2 AM, with also a little of the fever dream freakiness of Aronofsky's film, Mother!
Thank you so much for all these spooky books. I went and immediately bought Home Before Dark and The Last House on Needless street. I needed some good spooky reads helps me relax, get spooky vibes, and back into reading more. I started home before dark and loving it so far. 👻🦇🎃
I read a different Catriona Ward book, Little Eve, in 2023, and it was one of my favorite books of the year. I highly recommend it. I need to get around to reading The Last House on Needless Street.
A great list! I would definitely recommend The Elementals by Michael McDowell. If you're looking for spooky atmosphere and genuine scares that's where you'll find it.
Omg I think in one of my first comments on your videos I talked about The Ritual! It's such a good read!!! I am in the camp that the last 1/3 of it is terrible but the end 50ish pages really gets back to the core of the story with the atmosphere. It really is a great book despite the issues. I'm glad you're liking it! My suggestion would be Head like A Hole by Andrew Van Wey. It's great for 80s and 90s nostalgia and the writing is phenomenal!
This is awesome! As a big horror fan who is always looking for some good horror or horror-adjacent books to read in the fall for spooky season I think that I will definitely be checking out all 17 of these if I have time for spooky season this year or if not I will put the ones I didn’t get to on my list for next year’s spooky season for sure.
I love Penpal! I read it on Reddit before he decided to publish it all together and it honestly is one of the best stories I’ve ever read. Thanks for the other recommendations! I know if you like Penpal so much we have similar tastes so I look forward to checking out your other recommendations!
I saw your story on instagram recently, I suggested southern book club's guide to slaying vampires but will say again here because grady hendrix is amazing and that's generally considered to be his best book. I personally think it's his scariest and the most impacting regarding the actual horror inside. such a good book! would love to see you review it one day
I feel like you would enjoy We Used to Live Here. I guess its more of a winter setting but still creepy house setting. Also Midnight on Beacon Street gave me creepy fall vibes. I read Last House on Needless Street because of your recommendation and loved it so thank you!!
This was a fun video. Now my fall tbr is even bugger, but I love it. Also, "Patricia wants to cuddle" by Samantha Allen is another great horror novel with a plot centered on reality tv. It's about the cast and crew of a "bachelor" style show going to a secluded island to film, but of course something scary lurks there.
Thanks for this! I’ve been looking for good horror/spooky books to add to my Halloween TBR’s every year, I don’t get as much time to read as I’d like these days but as a horror fan I do like to get a couple solid scary stories in before October 31st every year so these sound solid and I may have to add them
You look like the prettiest elf!!
Aw thank you!
She does doesn’t she! ❤
Horror book content is my favorite.
Would not be mad if you did more updates on your reading throughout the year to get more recommendations.
The monster design in the ritual movie adaptation is soo good.
YESS one of my favorite monster portrayals
I thought it looked like a moose with a guy stuck to its face.
Yes and that is why this was terrifying lol @4rkham
Yeah I thought they did a surprisingly good job with it. After The Ritual and Midsomar I have basically vowed never to go to Sweden 😂
One of my favorite horror novels is From Below by Darcy Coates. It has a dual timeline following a modern documentary crew diving to a sunken ship while also following the ship in the days before it sank. Perfect vibes for fans of Ghost Ship!
Shirley Jackson Is the best and The Haunting Of Hill House is, in my opinion, a perfect book.
Are you me?
I read this for thr 1st time this year in like May lol I loved it!!
Hauntingly beautiful. 🖤
More spooky book content, please!!
Agreed 👍
Your BLAIR WITCH PROJECT poster 👏👏👏
Oh man I'm excited to read The Ritual. I didn't know it was a book, but I really loved the movie.
As a former creepypasta kid Penpal gives me so much nostalgia, might need to revisit it this year!
I loooved Penpal and head full of ghosts! This gave me the urge to re-read them haha
I read Last House on Needless Street a couple years ago, I think possibly even on your recommendation, and it was one of my favorite books of the year. Nothing like I expected in the absolute best way possible.
I read that thanks to her too and loved it!
Your hair looks so cute! Love the video.
I was thinking the same thing ❤
a head full of ghosts is my all time fav! that one scene (if you’ve read it yk which one) still leaves me haunted
Speaking of Adam Neville, I’m currently reading his latest, All the Fiends of Hell. It’s an alien first contact/invasion story, and his imagery here is truly nightmarish… I actually did have a nightmare reading the first chapter before bed!
So good🙌
Love book content especially spooky book content.
Penpal is literally the only book i have re-read in my entire existence.
Currently reading Salem's Lot for the first time. The new movie trailer inspired me. lol
I love Catriona Ward’s debut novel from 2015, The Girl From Rawblood. Severely underrated in my opinion. It’s BEAUTIFULLY written and it feels very classically gothic, but also mind bending in the way that C. Ward’s work is becoming known for. I’m so surprised it isn’t talked about more!! Definitely a good horror book for fall
Alison Gaylin is my favorite author. She does spooky thrillers so well. Also loved Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
The House on Needless Street is my book club's pick for October, and I'm so excited to read it. My number 1 recommendation for this time of year is definitely The September House by Carissa Orlando.
That’s SUCH a good pick for a book club omg
Amazing book. Put my brain through so many loops haha.
Omg Yessssssss I love your book content I even recommend you to people for book content even though you do mainly films 😂❤
Honestly the scariest part of Ritual for me was the final guy telling his friend "Jesus, you really stink" and then he turns around and his friend is no longer there, with the implication being that the monster had taken him without him knowing and was behind the final guy for who knows how long
Thank you for leaving the book title and author up. Makes it easier to add to my tbr!
Yay! I’m so glad you did a spooky book rec vid. Firstly, you look stunning! I am just finishing Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes and I am loving it, and I know you like scary space vibes. I also second whomever recommended Slewfoot, it is perfection. Would love to see more book content from you in the future!!
I forgot how much I missed getting lost in a good book, and your suggestions really sparked that excitement again. Can't wait to see what else is out there! 📚😊
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
It is a classic horror novella about a haunted house. I consider myself to be very jaded when it comes to horror films and books, but this story grabbed me! If you are familiar with films such as Insidious and The Conjuring, it seems like James Wan literally copy and pasted moments from The Turn of the Screw right into his films. This novella is SO good. If you like horror, it is a must read.
Yesss, is a super 10/10
I WAS WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO! I was literally just watching your Stephen King book video because I was craving some of your spooky book content😂
Read "Brother" by Ania Ahlborn!!!! It's so horrifying and suspensful. Also, I read "Penpal" and "The Last House on Needless Street" because of you and thank you so much!!! I loved them both so much and have gifted them to others!!!
So crazy. I remember listening to the Pen Pals creepy pasta as they came out. Around 2011 in high school. I had no idea they were put into a complete collection! I always thought they were better written then the other creepy pastas of the time.
The Sun Down Motel was one of the best books I’ve read in a while. I’d also say it’s atmospheric and creepy!
Would like to add Legion by William Peter Blatty, this is technically the true sequal after The Exocist and what Exocist 3 is mostly based on. The conversations are so philosophical and makes you want to keep reading and i love the when the doctors get deep into the mental disorders of the patients
Exorcist 3 is my favorite exorcist movie after the first exorcist, it really has some of the most terrifying scenes of any diabolical horror movie, without relying on gore, the scene with the headless statue with those giant surgical scissors, the way that scene built up was masterful
I’ve read the original Ring book by Koji Suzuki and I actually really like it! Your videos got me into The Ring franchise and now it’s also one of my favourite movies of all time!
I was JUST hoping for more book content from you!
Scream Queen! I got this book around 2003 as well and re-read it as a teen so many times. I have NEVER heard or seen anyone else mention it! House on Haunted Hill is one of my favorite horror movies (the deprivation chamber scene? Come on!) so maybe it's all just up my alley. Thanks for the book content, it's so appreciated!
Love the hair😍
Me too !! Doesn’t she look pretty ❤
I highly recommend the Scary Stories to tell in the dark books 📚 great for Halloween season 🎃
I know you said your book content doesn't do so well so I'm just here to say I love the book content and I'm a big horror reader and love your videos 🖤🖤
Yes!!! Just clicked on this watch and soooo excited! Thank you!
Algernon Blackwood - The Willows, Wendigo
I’m obsessed with the early 2000s vibe of the posters, DVDs, and your hairstyle and zip up sweater. love the book videos ❤
If you haven’t read any of Adam Nevill’s short story collections yet, please _please_ check them out! Especially _Some Will Not Sleep._
I feel like they are sooo slept on but I cannot recommend them enough.
I’m reading You Like It Darker by Stephen King now, his latest collection of short stories😊
Ps: You look so pretty in that thumbnail!
YAY FOR BOOK CONTENT
If you want to be deeply disturbed by the depravity of the human creature I recommend Naomi’s Room. Definitely not for the faint of heart- but hard to put down
Ive read several of these due to you mentioning them on your channel before, and im very excited to read the others you mentioned in this video!
So many great books here. Needless Street is definitely my favorite. I loved having a cat as a POV protagonist and the insane amount of twists. So good!
BOOK CONTENT YESSSSSSSSSSSS
Shadowland by Peter Straub. A very different take on the world of magicians, and the house is a character in itself.
Oh , I gotta read that one!!!
@@StephanieHall2672 Trust me, its excellent. Another good one by Straub is Ghost Story
If you're open to audiobooks, the audio version of Head Full of Ghosts is amazing and somehow the narrator manages to make it so atmospheric (and almost melancholic?) just by the way she reads it. I also recently finished the audiobook for Episode 13 which was brought to life with a full cast, music, and SFX - the actual story as a whole wasn't my favourite but it was SUCH a fun/spooky listening experience!
Ooh I think I’ll do the audiobook for head full of ghosts next year! Sounds perfect
I loved The Witch of Halloween House book 1 and 2. Great Fall/Halloween atmosphere. Also Halloween Fiend is a good short read. 🎃🎃🎃 Your background looks so great!!
Come Closer was CRAZYYYYYYY and I loved it!!! Penpal got under my skin every time i would put the book down. Great recs, I’ll have to check the others out!
Reality TV horror books: Stranded by Sarah Goodwin, which has a big wilderness survival angle as well, and One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware! Both are arguably more thriller / no supernatural elements but still scary and fun.
I’m so pleasantly surprised to see Penpal on this list. I still have my first edition copy that I preordered back when it was first being put in book form and I reread it every few years
So jazzed to see The Woman In Black and The Haunting of Hill House on this list, I have re-read those so many times! So...not necessarily with the fall atmosphere, but earlier this year I read Josh Malerman's Incidents Around The House and I cannot even remember when I book freaked me out that badly! Also, a more recent read was Marcus Kliewer's We Used to Live Here, which was equally, though differently, freaky, it sort of captured the skin-crawling dread of falling down a Reddit /nosleep rabbit hole at 2 AM, with also a little of the fever dream freakiness of Aronofsky's film, Mother!
Thank you so much for all these spooky books. I went and immediately bought Home Before Dark and The Last House on Needless street. I needed some good spooky reads helps me relax, get spooky vibes, and back into reading more. I started home before dark and loving it so far. 👻🦇🎃
I LOVE the new filming setup!!
The Ritual is my top scary book as well. So well done
Ok, I need a bookshelf tour right now 🤲🏽
I read a different Catriona Ward book, Little Eve, in 2023, and it was one of my favorite books of the year. I highly recommend it. I need to get around to reading The Last House on Needless Street.
All such lovely recommendations! I def suggest as well My Darling Dreadful Thing; it's sapphic and full of all the Spooky vibes!
i love the october country by ray bradbury. “the next in line” is a short story from that book that gave me such creepy ass visceral images.
I always come back to your channel around this time every year. ❤
I love this video! And that’s the best Riley Sager novel 💚
A great list! I would definitely recommend The Elementals by Michael McDowell. If you're looking for spooky atmosphere and genuine scares that's where you'll find it.
come closer is SO GOOD
I like your taste! I also strongly endorse Haunting of Hill House and Come Closer. Can’t wait to read the other ones you discussed.
Great picks. I’ve read most of them and glad to get one I hadn’t! Your book content is really good.
I could use some spooky books in my life. Thanks for sharing this video.
I’m enjoying The Year of the Witching for my fall vibes 🍂
LOVE a head full of ghosts!!!! I might need a reread too
love your books videos!! keep em coming! :D
The Woman in Black is a yearly audiobook listen for me. Just when the days get shorter. Great atmosphere!
Omg I think in one of my first comments on your videos I talked about The Ritual! It's such a good read!!! I am in the camp that the last 1/3 of it is terrible but the end 50ish pages really gets back to the core of the story with the atmosphere. It really is a great book despite the issues. I'm glad you're liking it!
My suggestion would be Head like A Hole by Andrew Van Wey. It's great for 80s and 90s nostalgia and the writing is phenomenal!
love the book content!!! i’m just getting into reading horror so appreciate the recs :)
Love your book recs!
Would love to see some BIPOC authors next time ❤
I love A head full of ghosts too its my favorite haven't found a horror book that quite fits like this one does! Nice video love your hair!📚 🍁
Really liked those lines from The Ritual. Nice style.
This is awesome! As a big horror fan who is always looking for some good horror or horror-adjacent books to read in the fall for spooky season I think that I will definitely be checking out all 17 of these if I have time for spooky season this year or if not I will put the ones I didn’t get to on my list for next year’s spooky season for sure.
I love Penpal! I read it on Reddit before he decided to publish it all together and it honestly is one of the best stories I’ve ever read. Thanks for the other recommendations! I know if you like Penpal so much we have similar tastes so I look forward to checking out your other recommendations!
I saw your story on instagram recently, I suggested southern book club's guide to slaying vampires but will say again here because grady hendrix is amazing and that's generally considered to be his best book. I personally think it's his scariest and the most impacting regarding the actual horror inside. such a good book! would love to see you review it one day
I do love that one, but My Best Friend’s Exorcism is the one I consider his best. Hilarious and terrifying 80s movie vibes.
Books and horror ? I say yes ! You look amazing keep up the good work !❤❤❤
I remember that creepypasta, i have a backlog of books but that Riley Sager looks interesting
I love spooky book content! Def suggest Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen, its a reality dating show set on an island, very fun.
Just finished a book on my kindle and this video helped me pick out my next read. ❤
Episode 13 is absolutely brilliant.
Awesome. Thanks.
I feel like you would enjoy We Used to Live Here. I guess its more of a winter setting but still creepy house setting. Also Midnight on Beacon Street gave me creepy fall vibes. I read Last House on Needless Street because of your recommendation and loved it so thank you!!
Head Full of Ghosts is a really great book- you mentioned it before so I bought it and loved it! So thank you for that recommendation!
I read Pen Pal bc of your recommendation in the past! Really enjoyed it and certainly a book that gets under your skin.
Last Days by Adam Nevill is also extremely atmospheric. I was on edge the whole time. It's a long one, I think over 500 pages, but it's so good.
This was a fun video. Now my fall tbr is even bugger, but I love it. Also, "Patricia wants to cuddle" by Samantha Allen is another great horror novel with a plot centered on reality tv. It's about the cast and crew of a "bachelor" style show going to a secluded island to film, but of course something scary lurks there.
Amityville Horror, The Ghoul, and Rosemary’s Baby.
The Last House on Needless Street had me on edge the entire way. Wish I could experience it for the first time again.
i'm not sure if you've read any grady hendrix but the southern book club's guide to slaying vampires was surprisingly very creepy and eerie!!
this video format suits me a lot
Thanks for this! I’ve been looking for good horror/spooky books to add to my Halloween TBR’s every year, I don’t get as much time to read as I’d like these days but as a horror fan I do like to get a couple solid scary stories in before October 31st every year so these sound solid and I may have to add them
Loving this book related content as I’m finally out of my reading slump and the only thing I really enjoy reading is horror/thriller fiction novels
read the forbidden book Magnetic Aura on Borlest, and you'll see the secrets they're keeping from us.
I'm in the exact same spot in the book rn! Would love a movie to book comparison vid when finished